Your comments: N.J. now has toughest anti-bullying measure in U.S.

Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerGarden State Equality Chairman Steven Goldstein, shown here at an October town meeting in memory of Tyler Clementi, said the law is "so much better than anti-bullying laws that exist elsewhere across the country, that it's stunning."

Supporters are saying the bill N.J. Gov. Chris Christie signed into law Thursday is the toughest anti-bullying legislation in the nation. In the works for almost a year, and spurred to nearly unanimous passage by the recent suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, it has several mandates - among them: training for school employees, creation of a team within schools to review incidents and reporting by school staff of such incidents even when they happen outside of school. Failure to report such incidents will lead to disciplinary measures for school personnel.

Self-described teacher from the NJ.com community dedicated_teacher weighs in, responding in part to another comment implying that the real world is tougher than school:

I despise Christie, but I actually do agree with him on this. Schools do not take bullying seriously. There really needs to be a no tolerance policy and teachers need to know how to handle these situations.

As for the "real world" yes there are mean bosses and crazy governors, but you CANNOT compare it to the harassment/hell that many kids, especially in middle school and HS face in our country today. Especially now with the Internet/cell phones, they cannot get away from it.